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Sinister. Gauche. Satanic. Throughout history the word "left" has been synonymous with awkwardness, even evil.

Ok, look at the dictionary definition up top. Nothing wrong with the word "sinister."

Also, I did not know this:

Commanders in chief Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton were southpaws, a term derived from baseball. George W. Bush is not.

Given that overwhelming modern trend, campaign front-runners Barack Obama and John McCain might have the political upper hand.

See? Lefties can be President. So there. Check this out:

But scientists and historians agree that being left-handed, which is often associated with outside-the-box thinking, can be a political strength.

"They have a wider scope of thinking," said Amar Klar, a biologist who has done breaking research on handedness. "I know among scientists their numbers are really high. There are more Noble Prize winners, writers and painters. We need more people like that."